Includes quotes by various authors relating to autobiographies, printed on notecards; University of Illinois Press reviewers list; Tidwell's notes and research questions; photocopies of Honolulu Advertiser articles from 1949 about communists; photocopies of Honolulu Record articles from 1949 about the longshoremen strike and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousmen's Union; photocopy of poem "The Raid" by Santia Sabalala; notes from a telephone conversation with Marion Hummons of the DuSable Museum about Davis's autobiography manuscript; photocopies of Paul Robeson speeches; comments by William L. Andrews on the introduction and textual notes for Livin' the Blues with marked-up drafts; annotations for Livin' the Blues; Richard Wright Newsletter Vol 1 No 2; annotated photocopies of Davis's manuscript; and jacket flap and catalog text for Livin' the Blues.